Table of Contents2 For assistance, please visit http://www.panasonic.com/consumersupportIntroductionAccessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 6For best performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8PreparationConnections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Connecting the AC adaptor . . . . . . . 9Connecting the telephone line cord . 10Battery installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Controls and display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Setting the unit before use . . . . . . . . . . 19Setting the dialing mode . . . . . . . . . 19Making/Answering CallsMaking calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Answering calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Using the other line during aconversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Conference calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Useful features during a call. . . . . . . . . 23HOLD button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Mute button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Clarity booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24PAUSE button (for PBX/long distanceservice users). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24FLASH button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24For Call Waiting service users . . . . . 25Temporary tone dialing (for rotary/pulseservice users) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Handset locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25PhonebookUsing the phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Adding items to the phonebook . . . 26Calling someone in the phonebook . 27Editing items in the phonebook . . . . 27Erasing items in the phonebook . . . 27Chain dial feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Caller ID ServiceUsing Caller ID service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Caller list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Viewing the caller list and callingback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Editing a caller’s phone number beforecalling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Storing caller information into thephonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Erasing caller information . . . . . . . . 32Voice Mail ServiceUsing Voice Mail service. . . . . . . . . . . . 33Storing the Voice Mail (VM) accessnumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Voice Mail (VM) tone detection . . . . 33Listening to Voice Mail messages . . 34Message alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Programmable SettingsGuide to handset programming . . . . . . 35Ringer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . 36Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Handset interrupt tone . . . . . . . . . . . 37Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Auto talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Caller ID edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Handset LCD contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 38Display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Telephone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Flash time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Line selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Other options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Handset key tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Re-registering the handset . . . . . . . 40Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Programming via direct commands . . . 42Direct commands chart . . . . . . . . . . 42Useful InformationWall mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Headset (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Belt clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Shoulder rest attachment . . . . . . . . . . . 46Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48General use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48